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Mrs. Small went to the kitchen for her pocketbook
And came back to the living room with a peculiar look
And the coffee pot.
Pocketbook. Pot.
Pot. Pocketbook.

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917), U.S. poet. "Mrs. Small."

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